Folding umbrella.



INVENTOR JP. 10mm.

WITNESSES )aa ovnexs Patented May 2, 1911'.

JOHN P. J. ONEIL, OF PORTVUE, PENNSYIZYANIAi FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 1, 1910. Serial No. 579,980

:To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T. .Tonx I. J. ONEIL, a

citizen of the United Statesof America, re-

Siding at Portv11e,'in the county of ;\l

legheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Umbrellas, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to folding umbrellas, and the /objects of the invention are, first, to pro tfide an umbrella that can be folded into )a comparatively small parcel,

whereby it can be carried in a traveling bag or the pocket; second, to furnish an umbrella with a sectional stick that can be easily collapsed; third. to provide an umbrella with collapsible ribs that can be folded without injuring the cover of the umbrella; and fourth, to accomplish the above results by an umbrella that is simple in construction, durable, inexpensive to manufacture,

and highly efficient.

I attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that'w'll be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and ref erence will now be had to the drawing, wherein:

Figure l'is'a side elevation of the stick and one of the ribs of the umbrella in extended or raised position. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line a;w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is 'a similar view taken on the line 'iI:'w of Fig. 1. Fig. 4- is an elevation of the stick and rib collapsed or folded, and Fig. dis a front elevation of a mrtion of the stick:

".lhe umbrella stick comprises a handle sec- .tion 1 and a telescopic tip section'Q. the

handle section 1 having the. lower end there.- of threaded, as at 3-), for the tubular shank t of a handle 5. The upper end of the it) section 2 is interiorly threaded, as at 'i'fhr rcceivethe threaded shank 7' of a. detachable tip 8. The upperend of the handle section 1 has a radially disposed guide lug 9 extending ,into a longitudinal slot 10 provided therefor in the wall of the tip section 2, said lug preventing the section 1. from beeoming accidentally detached from the section 2, also preventing a rotative movement 7 .of the upper end of the section 1 within the section 2. The section 2 is retained in an extended position relatively to the section 1 by an ordinary stop or clasp 11 carried by the upper end of the section 1 and adapted to extend under the lower end of the section 2 and retain the section in extendedposition,

the stop 11 being pressed inwardly when the section 1 is to be pushed in the section 2,

the stop 11 riding in the slot 10 after the section 1 has entered the section 2. Y

Mounted upon the upper end of the seclion2 is a notch 12 and a cover-cap 13.

Connected to the notch 12 is av cord or a flexibleconnection, letand connected to the lower end of-the' cord by a rivet or other fastening means 15 is an outer rib section 16, the cord or flexible connection let constituting the inner rib section. The cover-.

cap 13 in conjunctionwith the outer. end of.

the rib section 1 is caapted to retain the cover (notn'shown) upon the umbrella.

Adjustably mounted upon the tip section v 2 by a set screw 17 is a runner 18 and pivotally connected to the upper nd of said runner, asat 19, is a spreader 20, said spreader having the upper end thereof pivotally connected, as at'21, to :1 lug 22, carried by the upper and under side of the iii) section 16.

To fold the umbrella, the runner 18 can be lowered upon the telescopic tip section 2, but this is notessential, insomuch that the llexil'ile connection 14 allows the spreader 20 5 and the outer rib section 16 to be swung into parallelism. asshown in Fig. 4. Then by detaching the handle 5, the tip 8, and pushing the section 1 upwardly into the section 2, a small and complete parcel is formed.

A folding umbrella comprising a stick provided with a notch, a rib including an inner and an outer section, the former consisting of a cord and the latter of a metallic tube of greater length than the co'rd, said cord having its outer end secured to the inner end of the tube and having its inner 'end fixedly secured directly in the notch, a

each other with the tube projecting beyend I In teetin zony whereof I aflixiny signetur each end of the stretcher and positioned in the presence of two witnesses.

wholly inwardly of the notchithereby pos itioningthe cord entirely between the pivoted j 1 J UNVEIL- ,5 end of the stretcher and the notch and Witnessesz', I

garallel with the stick insuring compact JOHN N. IIARTMAN, Jr.,

lding of the umbrella. I Jnms G. JENKINS. 

